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6 replies on “5 things we’re trying, just in case.”
Did you drown your laptop?
If you did, major surgery will be called for, pricewise.
Last year I knocked a cup of blueberry tea over onto my keyboard. “It was a sad, sad, situation”…..
Thankfully, no, though I did once submerge my laptop in turkey stew. It was a bad situation.
No, these are just things generally worth trying. Just in case.
__. Tapping it, lightly, on the side.
7. Turning it off, then back on.
8. Clapping louder
9. calling someone
10. talking nice to it while patting it.
11. Pixie dust
You’re being too nice. You have to scare it into submission.
Both my grandmother and my grandfather is/was a firm believer in “Curse at it.” The guy I did stage construction with believed in “give it a blood sacrifice.” Yuck.
Did you drown your laptop?
If you did, major surgery will be called for, pricewise.
Last year I knocked a cup of blueberry tea over onto my keyboard. “It was a sad, sad, situation”…..
Thankfully, no, though I did once submerge my laptop in turkey stew. It was a bad situation.
No, these are just things generally worth trying. Just in case.
__. Tapping it, lightly, on the side.
7. Turning it off, then back on.
8. Clapping louder
9. calling someone
10. talking nice to it while patting it.
11. Pixie dust
You’re being too nice. You have to scare it into submission.
Both my grandmother and my grandfather is/was a firm believer in “Curse at it.” The guy I did stage construction with believed in “give it a blood sacrifice.” Yuck.